Gripping and compulsively readable, Motley Crue's entry in the tell-all autobiographical stakes is a tour de force of a genre that had its genesis in books like S.T.P., Robert Greenfield's memoir of life on the road with the Rolling Stones, and Stephen Davis's classic Led Zeppelin saga HAMMER OF THE GODS. THE DIRT transports us from the band's ...
As the author of the Led Zeppelin biography HAMMER OF THE GODS, one of the great rock books about one of the great rock bands, Stephen Davis is perhaps uniquely qualified as a chronicler of rock & roll intemperance. His Aerosmith bio, co-authored with the band's members, is a detailed history of the roots, the music, and the druggy dissipation of ...
The shadow of Black Sabbath looms large over Ian Christe's chronicle of the annals of heavy metal; without the Birmingham, England rockers, the genre would arguably have been given over to Led Zeppelin soundalikes. As Christe notes, most bands at first found Zeppelin's sound easier to imitate anyway--to be performed properly, the full-on volume of ...
Told in alternating chapters, teeming with music references, humor, angst, and endearing side characters, this he said/she said romance is a sexy, funny roller coaster of a story about one date over one very long night, with two teenagers who are just trying to figure out who they want to be.
When Dave Kendall realizes that his rock band is under the control of hanger-on "Master" Jefferies, he figures he's just been partying too hard. But Diana Tregarde and charming vampire Andre Le Brel have been tracking Jeffries for some time. Now the witch and the vampire face Jeffries and his evil minions in a battle for the soul of rock-and-roll.
The sins of the past come back with a vengeance in this complex, multilayered thriller which finds Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks investigating the case of a murdered freelance music journalist, a case that will take him back through more than 30 years into an old murder that may be chillingly connected.
Written by a diehard Who fan who also happens to be one of the most respected rock writers of his generation, BEFORE I GET OLD is a warts-and-all study of one of the 1960s' seminal rock bands. Dave Marsh takes us from the Who's genesis in the mean, gray streets of west London's Shepherd's Bush to its triumphs in the Technicolor glories of the ...
This text is the anarchic comedy of one man who realises his secret ambition to get into the music industry - managing a band called Gandhi's Hairdryer. He's soon to find out that there is something very odd about the band, something "other-worldly."
When the brother of school psychologist Skye Denison forms a rock band called Pink Elephant, the whole town of Scumble River goes wild--and things get very weird. But when one of the band members is murdered, Skye must clear her brother's name. Original.
The first official book done in association with the media-shy band that redefined the musical sound of the 1990s, Pearl Jam: Place/Date captures the raw intensity, behind-the-scenes comraderie, and devoted fan phenomenon of today's most unconventional supergroup. Having sold over 30 million albums since its triumphant 1991 debut 10, Pearl Jam ...
The sins of the past come back with a vengeance in this complex, multilayered thriller which finds Detective Inspector Alan Banks investigating the case of a murdered freelance music journalist, a case which will take him back through more than 30 years into an old murder that may be chillingly connected.
In this detailed biography, Martin Clark traces Pearl Jam's meteoric rise, the band's reaction to popular acclaim, its triumphs at the MTV and Grammy awards, the notorious rift with Nirvana, and its creative rebirth following the release of the critically acclaimed album "No Code." Giving particular emphasis on the band's enigmatic leader, Eddie ...
The Art of Modern Rock is set to be the first and last word on today's concert posters and promotional art, featuring over 1500 exemplary rock posters from over 200 international studios and artists. A massive 492-page book, this long-anticipated sequel to the Art of Rock - considered the bible of rock poster art of the Boomer generation - is the ...
First published in 1988, THE COMMITMENTS follows a small band of musicians from the Barrytown area of Dublin as they try to make the big time. From the author of THE SNAPPER, THE VAN and PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA.
In 1972 an English rock band released its first album to instant critical acclaim: Roxy Music. Here was a group that looked as though it came not only from another era, but also from another planet-a band in which art, fashion, and music would combine to create, in Bryan Ferrys words, above all, a state of mind. Written with the assistance, for ...
As the turbulent 60's began to fade into the calmer 70's, a coterie of young singers, songwriters, musicians, artists, and poets began to congregate, musically on the stage of The New Bijou Theater - the Springfield, Missouri nightclub that would become the loose-knit group's home. What started as an informal weekly gathering, quickly morphed into ...
A sympathetic portrait of AC/DC's former front man, Bon Scott, whose impressive musical career began in childhood, when he joined his father's Scottish pipe band, and ended with his fatal overdose in his friend's car. In addition to Scott's glory years with Australian band AC/DC, this account covers his formative stages with the Valentines and ...
From greats like Patti Smith and Cyndi Lauper to TV's Miley Cyrus ("Hannah Montana") and Demi Lovato, girls want to rock. They want to start bands, write songs, get up on stage, and kick out the jams. Here's the book to teach them how. Written by an obsessive music lover who's spent her life playing, performing, publicizing, and writing about rock ...
Although he has reached his 30s, Dave Raymond is in no rush to grow up. A guitarist in a local New Jersey band (the Wishbones), Dave lives with his parents, drives a courier truck for his cash, and dates the same girl he went out with in high school. Distraught after witnessing the death of a fellow musician, Dave impulsively asks his girlfriend ...
Following in the footsteps of LEARNING HOW TO DIE, Greg Kot's wonderful overview of the enigmatic Midwest band Wilco, whose checkered music business career was the subject of the 2002 movie-length documentary I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART, the band members themselves chime in with their own contribution to the expanding library of Wilco-oriented ...
A sleazy promoter, "Leggy" Starlitz, gets more than he bargained for when he signs on to introduce an all-girl rock group to the Third World, starting in Turkey. The repercussions of the tour rapidly begin to eat into Leggy's profit margin, and as he struggles to salvage the situation, he finds himself mixed up in international terrorism and ...
Written in cooperation with the band, this book traces the founding, recording history, and musical impact of one of the world's most innovative and long-lasting rock bands, Chicago. Founded in 1967 by Terry Kath and Walter Parazaider, who were later joined by James William Guercio and Peter Cetera, Chicago followed the course of Blood, Sweat & ...
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